DreamHost details their own experiences dealing with DMCA-abuser Michael Crook, explains the origin of his rather unfortunate photo, and offers a few lessons that can be learned from the situation.
The Copyright Office/Library of Congress issued its determination in the latest triennial DMCA exemption rule-making. Six exemptions were granted, the largest number so far. Persons making non infringing uses of the following six classes of works will not be subject to the prohibition against circumventing access controls.
“Here’s something abandonware enthusiasts can be thankful for: the Library of Congress yesterday approved six exemptions to US copyright. The one most pertinent to gamers is that, for archival purposes, copy protection on software no longer being sold or supported by its copyright holder can be cracked.”